Category: The Bronx

Police tape (file photo). Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Police have ruled the death of a Bronx man who was found last month in an apartment building with a cut under his chin and severe head injuries a homicide. Jermaine Jones, 33, died on June 25, three days after cops discovered him in a semi-conscious state…

Advocates for better bus service on Fordham Road are not giving up. In late May, the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) announced intentions to move forward with offset bus lanes on Fordham Road instead of a busway — a more extreme measure for prioritizing bus service — just days after business leaders against both ideas…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Bronx detectives are looking for the suspect who stabbed a woman to death on Friday night. Police sources said the 39-year-old woman was murdered at the corner of White Plains Road and East 220th Street in Olinville at about 9:35 p.m. on July 7. Officers from the 47th Precinct, in responding to…

Police tape lies on the ground of a crime scene. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell A 28-year-old man was fatally shot on a Bronx street in broad daylight Thursday, according to police. The victim was gunned down in the vicinity of East 223rd Street and Carpenter Avenue at around 5:30 p.m., police said. When officers from…

Statis Cannabis Co., the first recreational cannabis dispensary in the Bronx, opened its doors in Crotona Thursday as other competitors across the borough prepare to set up shop. And while the dispensary owners say their newly opened 817 E. Tremont Ave. location is only temporary, they’re giving mixed signals to the community. The company will relocate…

In a holiday that is generally marked by barbecues, fireworks and jubilee celebrations, the Bronx saw a surge of bloodshed over the long weekend. Some of the borough’s top political leaders held a press conference on Thursday in Joyce Kilmer Park to address separate gun violence incidents that took place in the Bronx over Independence Day weekend —…

Getty Images The police have arrested two men for allegedly gunning down two teenagers, one fatally, on a Bronx street during the early hours Wednesday morning, cops said. Ramon Santos, a 28-year-old Brooklyn man, and Ariel Velasquez, 19, from the Bronx, have been charged with murder, attempted murder and other crimes for allegedly shooting the…

Police tape (file photo). Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Two teenagers were shot, one fatally, in the Bronx during the early hours Wednesday morning, police said. Cops received a 911 call at around 2:20 a.m. that two people had been shot at 2256 Morris Avenue, near East 182nd Street. When officers from the NYPD 46th Precinct…

Bronx detectives are questioning the suspect behind a deadly stabbing early on Tuesday morning that appears to stem from a love triangle, law enforcement sources said. Police said the bloodshed occurred at 3:17 a.m. on July 4 in front of a home on the 3200 block of Radio Drive in Country Club. Officers from the…

The NYPD is actively searching for 25-year-old Austin Morrishow and 26-year-old Curtis White Top police brass announced on July 3 that they have identified two people of interest believed to be responsible for the shocking shooting that left a five-year-old girl injured after a weekend of deadly violence. Acting Police Commissioner Edward Caban stood in…